RFC-24 for symbolObjs is done

[Yewondwossen Assefa]

Umberto Nicoletti wrote:
> Thanks Frank!
> Does this also fix the problem mentioned by Assefa?
> 
  Yes, the changes fixed the crash I was having. Thanks

> 
> Thanks to all,
> Umberto
> 
> On 7/17/07, Frank Warmerdam <warmerdam at pobox.com> wrote:
>> Umberto Nicoletti wrote:
>> > As I promised last friday I have worked on symbolObjs to implement
>> > rfc-24 and now the code is in svn (rev. 6308).
>> >
>> > The code compiles cleanly (including mapscript and php), is memory
>> > leaks free (tested with valgrind) and runs the msautotest suite
>> > without errors (segfaults, that is).
>> > I have, as usual for RFC-24, added new tests to the refcount.py python
>> > test tuite.
>> >
>> > I still have to update the rfc page, I'll do that later.
>>
>> Umberto,
>>
>> I've made a few fixes in mapsymbol.c with failing to allocate
>> symbols in msAddImageSymbol() and msAddNewSymbol() in mapsymbol.c:
>>
>>    http://trac.osgeo.org/mapserver/changeset/6318
>>
>> These were brought out by the msautotest/misc tests which demonstrated
>> a crash.  It highlights our need for additional regression testing
>> for symbol services which is very thin right now.
>>
>> Best regards,
>> -- 
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>>
>> I set the clouds in motion - turn up   | Frank Warmerdam, 
>> warmerdam at pobox.com
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>>
>>
> 


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